Passion
Sermon Series: “Sacred Romance” – 5 of 8, Song of Solomon 5:2 – 6:10
October 5, 2008
Pastor John Fanous
ILLUSION: PASSION IN MARRIAGE JUST ________________
REALITY: PASSION GROWS WITH ____________________
He _______________ too much: Listen! My lover is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.” So 5:2
She takes him for ________________: “I have taken off my robe- must I put it on again? I have washed my feet- must I soil them again?” So 5:3
IGNITING PASSION IN YOUR MARRIAGE
1. ACKNOWLEDGE THE ____________________
“I opened for my lover, but my lover had left; he was gone. My heart sank at his departure. I looked for him but did not find him. I called him but he did not answer.” So 5:6
2. OWN YOUR ________________ IN THE PROBLEM
“My lover thrust his hand through the latch-opening…I arose to open for my lover, and my hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with flowing myrrh, on the handles of the lock.” So 5:4-5
“The watchmen found me as they made their rounds in the city. They beat me, they bruised me; they took away my cloak, those watchmen of the walls!” So 5:7
Your assignment #1:
3. BEGIN SACRIFICING USING YOUR SPOUSE’S __________________
What’s your language?
o Words of _________________________
o Quality _______________
o  Receiving _______________
o Acts of __________________
o Physical ________________
His step: “Sixty queens there may be, and eighty concubines, and virgins beyond number; but my dove, my perfect one, is unique…” So 6:8-9a
Her step: “I am my lover’s and my lover is mine.” So 6:3
Your assignment #2:
4. RE-NEW YOUR _______________________ TO YOUR SPOUSE
“Your hair is like a flock of goats descending from Gilead. Your teeth are like a flock of sheep coming up from the washing…Your temples behind your veil are like the halves of a pomegranate.” So 6:5b-7
Your assignment #3:
“Who is this that appears like the dawn, fair as the moon, bright as the sun, majestic as the stars in procession?” So 6:10
“Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.” Revelation 3:20